Subcommittee Hearing: "Securing our Borders -- Operational Control and the Path Forward"Mike Rogers (R-AL): I don't understand where you come up with the belief that you have a different operational control standard than that set out by the law. Can you tell me how the CBP came up with a different definition than the one that was set out by the 2006 statute that Mr. Duncan read to you?Michael Fisher, Chief, U.S. Border Patrol: I don't -- and if I mischaracterized this let me be clear -- we're not differentiating from what the law states. I was just explaining earlier that we've developed a strategy we came up with on the manner by which we were going to assess operational control. It wasn't in conflict with the legislation. I was explaining that the tactical use by which our field command as we report those lines of operational control. One is how we differentiate between the definitions. Two, that all the definitions, even though they were written, are predicated on resources.Rogers: But you read a definition to this committee of operational control and it was not attached (?) to our definition.Fisher: Well, I'm just  I'm giving you our definition of operation - at uhh - definition that we train our leadership to make those...Rogers: And that's my problem. You're a law enforcement officer. The law says you will prevent all illegals from coming in. And it's just as Mr. Duncan read. And my question is  why would the CBP develop a functioning definition that is different from that that is stated in the law?Fisher: Well, I don't know if I'm understanding your qualification on that, sir.Watch video of this exchangeRelated:Defining Operational Control -- How CBP changed it -- American Patrol Report -- May 5, 2010

NJ.comIllegal alien flees DWI crash with son, 5Edilser LenusBridgeton, NJ -- Police discovered a man had been driving while intoxicated when he crashed into a parked car and then fled the scene with his 5-year-old son in tow. -- Officers responded to the scene of the crash on Nichols Street after receiving a report that a vehicle had crashed into another car that was parked.... [See Crime Watch]

KSAZ-TV -- Phoenix14 killed in Mexico bar attacksAt least 14 people were killed in three separate attacks in bars in northern Mexico, authorities said Sunday. -- In Coahuila state, across the border from Texas, nine men died late Saturday when gunmen opened fire inside two bars in separate attacks, state prosecutors said in a statement. Eleven others were wounded...

Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times-Free PressDeportation program plays out in WhitfieldDalton, Ga. -- The number of immigration violators processed for deportation in Whitfield County through a federal program increased more than 30 percent in 2010, figures show. -- Meanwhile, a study by the Washington, D.C.-based Migration Policy Institute shows 79 percent of people detained nationally for immigration violations were arrested for minor offenses or traffic violations...

National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers Latest NAFBPO update from south of the borderTijuana, BC, Mex. -- A citizen reported the presence of armed men in a food business in Ensenada, and on investigation, state police arrested 13 Sinaloa cartel members. They also seized drugs, weapons and cash. The initial ones arrested identified other cartel members by the car they were driving in Rosarito...

Mark Krikorian -- National Review Friendly fireI wrote last week about Georgia's new governor, Nathan Deal, who was an immigration hawk in Congress and on the campaign trail, seeming to go wobbly once in office. But I missed Deal's spokesman calling immigration hawks Nazis...

KLIV-AM -- San JoseMore than 1,000 illegals arrested in countySanta Clara County has had the second highest number of [illegal aliens] arrested among Bay Area Counties. There were 1,027 arrests reported since the County became a part of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Secure Communities program last May...

Northwest Indiana Times -- MunsterControversial legislation reignites immigration debate in IllinoisSpringfield, Ill. -- Whether the burden should be on state officials and local police to enforce immigration law is again being hotly argued in the Illinois General Assembly. -- The pro forces in the General Assembly say the federal government has fallen down on the job of enforcing immigration laws...

Dave Gibson -- The ExaminerSeattle going easy on criminal illegals... so they won't be deportedIn June 2010, Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes enacted a new policy which protects foreign nationals -- including illegal aliens convicted of misdemeanors from deportation. -- In the past, when anyone was convicted of a gross misdemeanor, prosecutors requested used a 365-day sentence...

BBCMexican drug boss detained in murder of U.S. agentMexican authorities have arrested two alleged leaders of the Zetas drug gang in connection with the murder of a US immigration official. -- The suspected local head of the Zetas drugs gang in the northern state of Coahuila, Sergio "El Toto" Mora, was arrested by marines in Saltillo...

Journal Review Online -- Crawfordvsille, Ind. Protesters greet legislative breakfast attendeesProtesters met members of the community Saturday as they arrived at Detchon Hall to attend the Legislative Breakfast. -- The protesters carried signs proclaiming human rights and wanted more discussion about immigration and the same sex marriage constitutional amendment before the Indiana General Assembly...

Jim Kouri, CPP -- The ExaminerZapata payback? U.S. cops smash Mexican drug operationAlmost two weeks after the shooting death of Immigration & Customs Enforcement agent Jaime Zapata, and the wounding of Zapata's partner, agent Victor Avila, in an ambush in Mexico, U.S. law enforcement officers are cracking down on Mexican-based drug operations across the United States...

Logan's Warning Muslims plan march on D.C. to support a united Shariah of AmericaAs expected, Muslims across the world have started to lock arms in their quest to impose Shariah Law (Islamic Law) on all. For the most part, Muslims in America had confined this call to their barracks...,errr, I mean Mosques and Islamic conferences. Now, in a brazen display of united force, Muslims calling for the adoption of Shariah in this country...

My Fox BostonConvicted and illegal, but freeAfter 16-year-old Ashton Cline-McMurray was brutally murdered, his mother took some comfort in hearing that at least some of her son's killers would never walk American streets again. -- It's the reason why Sandra Hutchinson agreed with letting the purported gang members, several of them illegal [aliens], plead guilty to lesser charges... [See Crime Watch]

Providence (RI) Journal EditorialProvidence should enforce lawCredit Atty. Gen. Peter Kilmartin with putting the safety of all Rhode Islanders ahead of politics, in pledging that the state will help the Feds identify illegal aliens, including potential terrorists, who pose a serious threat to the public. -- Unfortunately, that does not seem to be the case in Providence...

Jim Kouri, CPP -- The ExaminerHonor Violence: Islamic man sentenced for terrorizing female cousinAn Islamic man living in London was sentenced to prison on Wednesday for threatening to kill his cousin and her father after she refused to wear a hijab as required by Sharia law. -- Munir Al-Hakim, 30, at the Isleworth Crown Court, received a six month prison sentence -- suspended for two years...

Dave Gibson -- The ExaminerChild labor... a result of greedy employers, illegal immigrationIn 2010, the U.S. Labor Department fined 18 blueberry farmers in Michigan for violating child labor laws and migrant housing law violations. Nine labor contractors were also cited for the same charges. Make no mistake... because of unchecked illegal and even legal immigration, children are being forced into labor in this country.

Daily News Pulse Mexican border violence bleeding into U.S. countiesA little more than a week after a United States law-enforcement agent was shot dead by gunmen suspected of being drug traffickers in Mexico, American federal authorities have struck back with raids and arrests across the US, rounding up more than 450 people believed to have ties to criminal organisations south of the border...

Arizona Capitol Times -- PhoenixRaucous week for Arizona immigration law hearingSix people have been arrested at the state Senate and at least two people barred from returning during a raucous week surrounding illegal-immigration legislation. -- Senate President Russell Pearce vows tighter scrutiny of visitors, but the clashes raise questions about security procedures at the Capitol and who enforces them...

The State ColumnBattle over illegals begins with Arizona-style immigration law in UtahArizona is coming to Utah. -- The debate over immigration reform is taking off in the state of Utah, where Republican state lawmakers are quickly pushing forward with a proposal implementing an Arizona-style immigration law. -- A Utah senator has unveiled an immigration reform bill he says balances enforcement provisions with economic realities...

Dave Gibson -- The ExaminerAssassination attempt on mayor of embattled MonterreyOn Friday, Monterrey Mayor Jaime Rodriguez survived an attempt on his life when a group of gunmen opened fire on the mayor's SUV. His bodyguards retaliated and the resulting gunfight left three of the attackers dead. Two others were taken into custody...

Hugh Holub & Ed Ashurst -- Tucson CitizenThe truth about Roger Barnett... another side of the storyRoger Barnett is the Cochise County rancher who was hit with a damage judgment for holding [illegal] aliens at gunpoint on his ranch. -- The media has portrayed Barnett as an evil person violating the civil rights of [illegal] aliens. -- But as with all stories... there is another side....